Olena Marchenko

Olena Marchenko has an extensive work experience spanning over several years in the field of bioinformatics and informatics. Olena is currently working at Zephyr AI as a Sr. Bioinformatics Scientist since June 2023. Prior to this, from October 2022 to June 2023, they worked at Simons Foundation as a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer. Olena also held the position of Bioinformatics Engineer at Simons Foundation from December 2019 to June 2023.

Before joining Simons Foundation, Olena worked at Philips as a Bioinformatics Scientist R&D Oncology and Genomics from June 2018 to December 2019. Olena also has experience working at Cigna as a Senior Informatics and Analytics Specialist from April 2017 to July 2018.

Olena started their career in 2010 at the Stem Cell Institute Uconn Health Center/ Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, where they worked as a Stem Cell Neurobiology Graduate Assistant from June 2010 to December 2016.

Olena Marchenko has a strong educational background in biomedical sciences, cell analysis and modeling. Olena earned their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from The University of Connecticut Health Center from 2011 to 2017. Prior to that, they attended Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for a Computational Biology Summer Course from 2010 to 2012.

Olena completed their undergraduate studies at Colby College from 2006 to 2010, where they received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree. Their major fields of study were Computer Science and Biology.

Before their college years, Olena attended the United World College of Adriatic from 2004 to 2006, where they obtained their International Baccalaureate diploma. Their high-level subjects during the program were Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology.

In addition to their academic achievements, Olena also holds a certification in Deep Learning, which they obtained from Carnegie Mellon University in July 2023.